Decisions Are Made By Those

One Of The Biggest Challenges In The Past For Me In Working On The Networks Was That Audiences Have Grown Accustomed To Television Being Something That Keeps You Company-background Music, Something That You Have On While You're Flipping Through A Magazine, Cooking Dinner, Talking On The Phone, Putting The Kids To Bed.

But Hbo Is Less Interested In How Many People Are Watching Than In How Much The People Who Are Watching Are Liking The Show. They Didn't Set Up Their Business Model To Make Writers Happy. It's Just A Nice Unintended Consequence.

That's A Very Real Feeling - That I Don't Have A Story To Tell. I'm Not A Pure Storyteller. I Have A Tough Time With Story.

I Would Love For People To Think That I Am As Quick, Clever, Smart And Heroic As The Characters That I Write, But Those Characters Are Characters.

Develop Your Own Compass, And Trust It. Take Risks, Dare To Fail, Remember The First Person Through The Wall Always Gets Hurt.